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Provision of funding to upgrade fire alarm and door entry system to the Council Office building

 

 

Meeting: 11/12/2018 - Cabinet (Item 66)

66 Provision of funding to upgrade fire alarm and door entry system to the Council Office building pdf icon PDF 56 KB

Report of the Strategic Director of Housing and Customer Services

Presented by the Corporate Portfolio Holder

Minutes:

Councillor N J Rushton presented the report to members, outlining the issues that had occurred during a recent power cut.  He felt it was prudent to utilise underspends to bring the planned work (scheduled for 2019/20) forward, which would be beneficial to the operation of the building and safety of staff.

 

It was moved by Councillor N J Rushton, seconded by Councillor R Blunt and

 

RESOLVED THAT:

 

The use of £78k from the forecast underspend in 2018/19 be approved to bring forward the installation of replacement fire alarm and door entry systems to the Council Offices to the current financial year.

 

Reason for decision: To ensure the office building is protected by resilient and modern security and fire alarm systems, and the risks associated with a failure of either existing system are mitigated.